Brazil's far-right presidential candidate has survived life-saving surgery after being stabbed by a 'socialist' attacker who said he was acting on 'a mission from God' during a rally.
Shocking footage showed the moment election hopeful Jair Bolsonaro was knifed in the stomach in the midst of a crowd in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, south east Brazil.
The 63-year-old has since been transferred to intensive care after undergoing a procedure for serious internal injuries and is now stable and out of 'acute and immediate danger'.
A 40-year-old suspect, identified by police as Adélio Bispo de Oliveira, has been arrested over the attack with police saying he appeared to be mentally disturbed and had claimed he was 'on a mission from God'.
Brazil's far-right presidential candidate survives life-saving surgery after being stabbed by 'socialist' attacker who said he was acting on 'a mission from God' during rally
this man does not represent God or Christianity
Shocking footage showed the moment election hopeful Jair Bolsonaro was knifed in the stomach in the midst of a crowd in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, south east Brazil.
The 63-year-old has since been transferred to intensive care after undergoing a procedure for serious internal injuries and is now stable and out of 'acute and immediate danger'.
A 40-year-old suspect, identified by police as Adélio Bispo de Oliveira, has been arrested over the attack with police saying he appeared to be mentally disturbed and had claimed he was 'on a mission from God'.
Brazil's far-right presidential candidate survives life-saving surgery after being stabbed by 'socialist' attacker who said he was acting on 'a mission from God' during rally
- The far right-wing candidate was attacked in Juiz de Fora, in Minas Gerais state
- He was knifed in the stomach while being carried shoulder high in a crowd
- The 63-year-old had surgery and is stable and out of 'acute, immediate danger'
- Suspect Adélio Bispo de Oliveira, 40, said he was acting on 'mission from God'
this man does not represent God or Christianity